CMA CGM’s Amerigo Express Cargo-Passenger Service Replaces Non-Stop New York to Tanger Med Route

Important Update, March 3, 2012: The route of the Pacific Express 3 service is changing this summer, with the ships starting to sail both to and from China via Panama, thus ending the eastabout Round the World service. For passengers still wishing to sail from the US East Coast to the Mediterrranean the Amerigo Express Service has now been reinstated, with the six-passenger CMA CGM Coral departing every six weeks from New York, Norfolk, Savannah and Charleston for Algeciras, Malta, Livorno and Genoa, and returning to New York via Fos-sur-Mer, Valencia and Malaga. For further details please call Miri Lopusna at The Cruise People Ltd in London on 020 7723 2450 or e-mail cruise@cruisepeople.co.uk.

Using the Round-the-World ships of its Pacific Express 3 fleet, CMA CGM The French Line now offers a regular non-stop service from New York to Tanger Med, the state-of-the-art Moroccan ferry port that opened just last year. The CMA Blue Whale, CMA CGM Florida, CMA CGM Kingfish and CMA CGM Tarpon, each of 65,890 deadweight tons, can carry six passengers each in three double cabins, as can the CMA CGM Amber, which has now also been added to this service.

The crossing from New York takes ten days and fares from New York are €1,000 per person double, or €1,200 for sole use of a double. The ships are equipped with swimming pool and deck chairs as well as table tennis and a ship’s library.

Once in Tanger Med passengers can avail themselves of the regular ferry services offered by Balearia to Algeciras in Spain, Comarit and Comanav to Sète in France, Grande Nave Veloci to Barcelona and Genoa and Grimaldi Lines to Barcelona and Livorno.

With the present shortage of direct cargo-passenger services to Med ports, this is a super way of travelling to Spain, France or Italy and getting a look at a bit of Morocco on the way. The service can also be boarded at Houston, Mobile, Miami, Jacksonville, Savannah or Charleston but New York is the last American port of call. Fares from other embarkation ports are calculated at €100 per person per day double and €120 per day single.

For further information on this or any other CMA CGM service please call Miri Lopusna at The Cruise People Ltd in London on 020 7723 2450 or e-mail cruise@cruisepeople.co.uk.